“Inspiring Hope” was the theme of the Youth Symposium that was held at the Hotel Forestel in Val-d’Or June 20-22. The youth came from all the communities to attend this event, though a few more people involved in the public-speaking […]
Archive for July, 2010
Hanging with the future
The Cree Nation Youth Council declared 2010 the year of our youth. Reminding us – the older generation – that these are the people of our future, the people who will inherit all that is to become of our future. […]
Stopping Aboriginal stereotyping
Starting in September, a new one-day training course will be given to health and social services workers in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region that is geared specifically at diminishing racism and racial stereotypes of Aboriginals. Known as the PIWASEHA training project, the […]
Yep, you can too!
While unemployment rates in the Ontario Cree communities is high and often it is difficult to find local job training, the Youth Entrepreneurship Program at the John R. Delaney Youth Centre is offering a new solution. Starting for the first […]
Suite smell of success
It seems we have finally woken up and smelt the freshly brewed coffee served in a hotel coming to your region, soon. What may well be the opportunity of a lifetime is finally coming our way. Yes, I’m talking about […]
The not-so-sexy Bill C-3
To say that more than a few people were pissed at the attempts of Conservative MPs and senators to address sex discrimination in determining Indian Status through Bill C-3 would be minimizing the problem. Many are saying C-3 doesn’t fix […]
I love the smell of tear gas in the morning
As I write, downtown Toronto is occupied territory, off-limits to the citizens who actually own the streets and public spaces ringed by a modern-day Great Wall of chain-link fences, video surveillance and phalanxes of heavily armoured security personnel. As a […]
Strateco answers the letter of Elaine Hébert, member of the Mich Cini coalition
In response to the letter published in the Nation (Vol. 17, No. 16; June 18, 2010), authored by Élaine Hébert, spokesperson for the Mich Cini Coalition, we would like to re-establish certain facts whose inaccuracy is misleading the public about […]
Virtual walk from Mistissini to Nemaska launched
Chronic Disease Agent Sol Awashish, with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, has launched a virtual walk from Mistissini to Nemaska to promote healthy living. According to Awashish, the idea isn’t to actually get anyone […]
Ontario Power Generation starts hydroelectric project with Moose Cree First Nation
Construction has begun on the largest hydroelectric development project in northern Ontario in over 40 years. Dubbed the Lower Matagami Project, the new development will nearly double the output of the four hydro stations already on the river by adding […]